Comment on Apple blocks Fortnite's return to iPhone in US

• karl_chungus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where is that in their revenue streams?

  Nearly all of their profit comes from selling hardware and services.

  You could argue they profit off insecure default settings, such as having Google as the default search engine or analyzing Siri recordings, but to date I’m not aware of Apple either profiting directly off data it collects from users, or selling that data to third-parties.

  They don’t need to, and the trust they risk losing from doing so is a powerful detractor.

  They’re not perfect, but as far as corporations go they could be much, much worse.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    i don’t think even google sells it outright.

    they collect it, use it to train ai. not to mention how 3-letter agencies get it too.

    selling it outright is a matter of time.

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    • karl_chungus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      1: Google’s entire business model includes selling your data and activity and advertise to you based on that.

      2: Yes, this is directly stated in the setup screen for devices as on be default, which you can opt-out from then or at any time.

      3: Let’s get mad at them for doing that when they actually do it.

      4: Not sure there are many “rabid” users anymore, or at least here anyway. But there’s a difference between defending a company and flat out calling bs on an bs accusation.

      I do not understand why people like making up reasons to hate on a corporation when there are so many other legitimate reasons that could be used instead.

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